Health Care Management Papers
Document Type
Technical Report
Date of this Version
2010
Publication Source
Journal of Economic Perspectives
Volume
24
Issue
2
Start Page
109
Last Page
128
DOI
10.1257/jep.24.2.109
Abstract
This paper uses a new data source, American Mathematics Competitions, to examine the gender gap among high school students at very high achievement levels. The data bring out several new facts. There is a large gender gap that widens dramatically at percentiles above those that can be examined using standard data sources. An analysis of unobserved heterogeneity indicates that there is only moderate variation in the gender gap across schools. The highest achieving girls in the U.S. are concentrated in a very small set of elite schools, suggesting that almost all girls with the ability to reach high math achievement levels are not doing so.
Copyright/Permission Statement
Copyright ©2010 AEA
Recommended Citation
Ellison, G., & Swanson, A. (2010). The Gender Gap in Secondary School Mathematics at High Achievement Levels: Evidence from the American Mathematics Competitions. Journal of Economic Perspectives, 24 (2), 109-128. http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/jep.24.2.109
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Date Posted: 27 November 2017
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